A topical antiseptic and disinfectant for inanimate objects. SYN: corrosive sublimate, mercury bichloride, mercury perchloride, corrosive mercury chloride.
- ammoniated m. SYN: ammoniated mercury.
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mercuric chloride n a heavy crystalline poisonous compound HgCl2 used as a disinfectant and fungicide and in photography called also bichloride, bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate, mercury bichloride
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mercury bichloride.Medical dictionary. 2011.